Following health minister Rajesh Tope's remark over doctors having closed down their clinics and nursing homes in times of a health crisis, the Indian Medical Association (Maharashtra) has asked the minister why private doctors were not taken into confidence by the state administration since the Covid-19 outbreak. The association asked the minister to introspect while asking him why concrete information was hidden from medical practitioners and personal protection equipment was denied to them. IMA said that the government lacked planning and has now put the blame on doctors to cover up its inefficiency.

Tope claimed on Friday that many doctors had shut their businesses and urged them to show sensitivity in treating the people who suffered from ailments other than Covid-19 infection. "Why are the doctors scared? There are people who need routine checks and treatment. The police have given all essential services support. The doctors should show some 'daring'," he said in his webcast.